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The Superior Man Does Not Mind Being In Office; All He Minds About Is Whether He Has Qualities That Entitle Him To Office. He Does Not Mind Failing To Get Recognition; He Is Too Busy Doing The Things That Entitle Him To Recognition.

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The Superior Man Does Not Mind Being In Office; All He Minds About Is Whether He Has Qualities That Entitle Him To Office. He Does Not Mind Failing To Get Recognition; He Is Too Busy Doing The Things That Entitle Him To Recognition.

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The People May Be Put Into The Way They Should Go, Though They May Not Be Put Into The Way Of Understanding It.

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Those Who Cannot Forgive Others Break The Bridge Over Which They Themselves Must Pass.

From A Grain Of Sand In The Pearl Comes.

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Ignorance Is The Night Of The Mind, But A Night Without Moon Or Star.

Never Contract Friendship With A Man That Is Not Better Than Thyself.

Rotten Wood Cannot Be Carved.

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The Way Is Not For, But From, Man; If We Take The Way As Something Superhuman, Beyond Man, This Is Not The Real Way.

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Think No Vice So Small That You May Commit It, And No Virtue So Small That You May Over Look It.

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In A State, Pecuniary Gain Is Not To Be Considered To Be Prosperity, But Its Prosperity Will Be Found In Righteousness.

When The Multitude Detests A Man, Inquiry Is Necessary; When The Multitude Likes A Man, Inquiry Is Equally Necessary.

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There Is Good Government When Those Who Are Near Are Made Happy, And When Those Who Are Afar Are Attracted.

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To Go Beyond Is As Wrong As To Fall Short.

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Knowledge Is Recognizing What You Know And What You Don't.

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To Learn Without Thinking Is Labour In Vain, To Think Without Learning Is Desolation.

Those People Who Develop The Ability To Continuously Acquire New And Better Forms Of Knowledge That They Can Apply To Their Work And To Their Lives Will Be The Movers And Shakers In Our Society For The Indefinite Future.

Every Man Knows The Smell Of His Own Fart.

Learn As Though You Would Never Be Able To Master It; Hold It As Though You Would Be In Fear Of Losing It.

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If You Know, Say You Know. If You Don't Know, Say You Don't Know.

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Silence Is The True Friend That Never Betrays.

The Contrived Language And The Flattering Attitude Rarely Come With The Virtue.

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He With Whom Neither Slander That Gradually Soaks Into The Mind, Nor Statements That Startle Like A Wound In The Flesh, Are Successful May Be Called Intelligent Indeed.

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Good People Strengthen Themselves Ceaselessly

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What Is God-given Is Called Nature; To Follow Nature Is Called Tao (the Way); To Cultivate The Way Is Called Culture. Before Joy, Anger, Sadness And Happiness Are Expressed, They Are Called The Inner Self; When They Are Expressed To The Proper Degree, They Are Called Harmony. The Inner Self Is The Correct Foundation Of The World, And The Harmony Is The Illustrious Way. When A Man Has Achieved The Inner Self And Harmony, The Heaven And Earth Are Orderly And The Myriad Of Things Are Nourished And Grow Thereby.

The Superior Person Gathers His Weapons Together In Order To Provide Against The Unforeseen.

He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him

The Master Said, "a True Teacher Is One Who, Keeping The Past Alive, Is Also Able To Understand The Present."

If A Man In The Morning Hear The Right Way, He May Die In The Evening Without Regret.

Three Things Cannot Long Be Hidden: The Sun, The Moon, And The Truth.

The Gentleman Prefers To Be Slow In Word But Diligent In Action.

Expect Much From Yourself And Little From Others And You Will Avoid Incurring Resentments

A Gentleman Can Withstand Hardships; It Is Only The Small Man Who, When Submitted To Them, Is Swept Off His Feet.

Friendship With The Upright, With The Truthful And With The Well Informed Is Beneficial. Friendship With Those Who Flatter, With Those Who Are Meek And Who Compromise With Principles, And With Those Who Talk Cleverly Is Harmful.

If You Don't Know How To Serve Men, Why Worry About Serving The Gods?

In The Book Of Poetry There Are Three Hundred Poems, But The Meaning Of All Of Them May Be Put In A Single Sentence: Have No Debasing Thoughts.

The Person Who Is Not Strong Enough Gives Up At The Halfway Point - But You Are Limiting Yourself Before Even Starting.

I Know How The Birds Fly, How The Fishes Swim, How Animals Run. But There Is The Dragon. I Cannot Tell How It Mounts On The Winds Through The Clouds And Flies Through Heaven. Today I Have Seen The Dragon.

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